Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 … as soon as the Empress saw a place which was totally wild with virtually unclimbable rocks everyone got out of the carriage and she set out , armed with a stout walking stick , to beat a path over huge rocks , clumps of juniper bushes , enormous ferns as high as shrubs .
2 Jasper knelt up on the seats with the rest of them to observe out of the window their progress to Kensington High Street .
3 When everyone moved out of the kitchen into the living-room after lunch , leaving Jannie to put the coffee on , Bob lingered behind with her , savouring the sudden calm .
4 And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’
5 But when they saw me walking out of the sea , they welcomed me warmly with cries of astonishment and delight .
6 ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury .
7 And then they heard me tearing out of the sound-web .
8 As I gazed out of the window I could see several groups of red deer in the distance , and in the foreground the brown ferns with clumps of heather here and there ; it was a wonderful sight .
9 I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man .
10 As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café .
11 A few minutes later , when Nelly was preoccupied , I 'm sorry to say my cowardice got the better of me and I crept out of the room , down the stairs and ran off home .
12 I crept out of the sitting-room and into the small room next door , where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase .
13 I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four .
14 Should I stay out of the sun ?
15 ‘ I 'm black and blue from head to toe , ’ said Crawford then , ‘ I 've got eight pulled ligaments in my leg and bruises all over and , when I limp out of the theatre at night , these bloody bastards are walking up and down with signs saying ‘ English actors will be working next year — will you ? ’ .
16 I stalked out of the hall , quite pleased with myself , and went back to my own chamber .
17 When the shelling and mortaring ceased , Taff and I got out of the trenches .
18 This time I got out of the car and felt my stomach heave again .
19 I got out of the car .
20 I got out of the car and walked over .
21 I got out of the way , on my own .
22 I got out of the car and a large brooding man with close-set eyes and far-flung shoulders came up to me .
23 Then I got out of the chair and was going to change my pants .
24 When I got out of the shop I felt angry with myself , and a little alarmed .
25 The next day , after the thirty-third night spent on the exitless side of a bed that was shoved up against a wall and that also housed a physiotherapist called Daphne , an air hostess called Olga , and Olga 's dopey Teddy bear , I got out of the bottom of the bed unheard and thought , No .
26 When I got out of the spaceship , I was n't afraid of anybody .
27 If I went with Jack , I got out of the cart at the steep climb out of the valley and walked up a grassy path to avoid the loop of the ascending road along which jack led the horse and cart .
28 When I got out of the ditch I felt very shocked , and unable to believe that he had missed me .
29 As soon as I got out of the house , I was told by our neighbours where my father was hiding , but I realized that if I went to speak to him , some SS soldier might follow me and arrest him .
30 As I got out of the car he was coming down the steps of Skeldale House and he put a hand on my arm .
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